DURHAM -- The N.H. Author Series, hosted by the Friends of Dimond Library, will present author Eric Pinder Sunday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. in the Dimond Library 5th Floor Reading Room at the University of New Hampshire. Local author and humorist Rebecca Rule will interview Pinder in front of a live audience.

Pinder is the author of the children’s books “Cat in the Clouds” and “If All the Animals Came Inside” and the nonfiction works “North to Katahdin” and “Tying Down the Wind.” Two “Among the Clouds” and “Life at the Top” are about Mount Washington.

His lifelong interests in science and the outdoors led to jobs at the Appalachian Mountain Club and Mount Washington Observatory. For seven years he lived and worked as a weather observer atop the 6288-foot summit of Mount Washington. His experiences inspired several books, including “Cat in the Clouds” (published by The History Press).

Pinder teaches at Chester College of New England and is an editor at Evolved Publishing. He lives in Berlin, New Hampshire.

Three times a year, the N.H. Author Series features writers who have some connection to the Granite State. Interviews are held in October, January and April, and are recorded by New Hampshire Public Television for future broadcast and web streaming.